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bust (one's) balls

1. vulgar slang (acting upon oneself) To exert a significant amount of energy to do, accomplish, or complete something, especially with great haste. I've been busting my balls all night long to get this presentation ready for tomorrow's meeting.She's going to have to bust her balls if she wants a place on the varsity team.

2. vulgar slang (acting upon someone else) To harass, nag, or upbraid someone to do, accomplish, or complete something. The boss is busting everyone's balls to get the project ready by next week.Quit busting my balls! I'll get it done eventually!

3. vulgar slang (acting upon someone else) To tease, ridicule, or mock someone, usually jocosely. Don't get so worked up, man, I'm just busting your balls.I like her family, but her uncle always busts my balls when we see him.

bust (one's) hump

1. (acting upon oneself) To exert a significant amount of energy to do, accomplish, or complete something, especially with great haste. I've been busting my hump all night long to get this presentation ready for tomorrow's meeting.She's going to have to bust her hump if she wants a place on the varsity team.

2. (acting upon someone else) To harass, nag, or upbraid someone to do, accomplish, or complete something. The boss is busting everyone's hump to get the project ready by next week.Quit busting my hump! I'll get it done eventually!

bust (one's) butt

1. (acting upon oneself) To exert a significant amount of energy or work very hard to do, accomplish, or complete something. I've been busting my butt all night long to get this presentation ready for tomorrow's meeting.She's going to have to bust her butt if she wants a place on the varsity team.

2. (acting upon someone else) To harass, nag, or upbraid someone to do, accomplish, or complete something. The boss is busting everyone's butt to get the project ready by next week.Quit busting my butt! I'll get it done eventually!

bust (one's) ass

1. rude slang (acting upon oneself) To exert a significant amount of energy or work very hard to do, accomplish, or complete something. I've been busting my ass all night long to get this presentation ready for tomorrow's meeting.She's going to have to bust her ass if she wants a place on the varsity team.

2. rude slang (acting upon someone else) To harass, nag, or upbraid someone to do, accomplish, or complete something. The boss is busting everyone's ass to get the project ready by next week.Quit busting my ass! I'll get it done eventually!

be over the hump

slang To have endured and surpassed the most difficult or unpleasant part of a task or situation. I had a hard time adjusting to my new job, but I'm over the hump now that it's been a few months.We're finally over the hump with this research. All that's left to do are citations.

over the hump

Past the worst, most difficult, or most stressful part (of something); more than halfway done (with something). I know this project has been trying, but we're finally over the hump; everything should go smoothly now that they servers have been optimized.I actually think Thursday is the easiest day of the week to get through—you're over the hump, but you're not counting down the minutes until the weekend.

hump day

Wednesday. The phrase alludes to a work or school week being like a hill, with the "hump"—the hardest to get past—being right in the middle. Primarily heard in US. Make sure you make an extra pot of coffee for the office this morning—it's always tough getting through hump day.

live on (one's) (own) hump

obsolete To be self-sufficient from one's own resources. An allusion to a camel, which stores a large deposit of fat in a hump on its back on which it can survive for days at a time. He decided to cut his children off from his money and let them live on their own humps for once.After high school, I gathered up all the money I'd been saving, moved out of my parents' house, and set out to live on my hump for the first time in my life.

live off (of) (one's) (own) hump

obsolete To be self-sufficient from one's own resources. An allusion to a camel, which stores a large deposit of fat in a hump on its back on which it can survive for days at a time. He decided to cut his children off from his money and let them live off their own humps for once.After high school, I gathered up all the money I'd been saving, moved out of my parents' house, and set out to live off of my hump for the first time in my life.

over the hump

INFORMAL

If you are over the hump in an unpleasant or difficult situation, you are past the worst part of it. I think we're basically over the hump. We've got an economy now that's likely to grow.It's been a difficult time but we're over the hump now.

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